Description

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829),  “The Complete Works Volume 16:  Seven Works without Opus Number″.
Edited & with an Introduction by Brian Jeffery.
Published by Tecla Editions.
88 Pages.

This Volume 16 contains 7 works for solo guitar without opus number, in reprints of the first editions:

*  Three Marches
*  Rondongino Brillante
*  Three favourite themes of Madame Catalani.   This work consists of Giuliani’s settings for guitar of three themes which were sung by the famous Madame Catalani,  and his settings are based on the variations which she herself sang in virtuoso style to great applause in her own time.   The best-known theme is from Mozart’s Magic Flute and is the same theme on which Sor based his op. 9.
*  Four favourite pieces of Madame Catalani
*  Variations on a Savoyard theme
*  Six national Scottish airs (includes “Coming through the rye”,  “The blue-bells of Scotland”, etc.)